Trusteeship - introductory

Futter & Anor v Revenue and Customs [2013] UKSC 26 (9 May 2013)
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2013/26.html
Important case on the review of trustee decisions

Charity Commission leaflet CC3 - Responsibilities of Charity Trustees
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-trustee-whats-involved

A Sprince 'Trustees' duty to defend - Look before you leap, when to leap and how high'. (1995) 1 Web JCLI http://www.bailii.org/uk/other/journals/WebJCLI/1995/issue1/sprince1.html

An article discussing the trustees' dilemma whether or not to defend proceedings brought against the trust.

Trustee Act 2000 c.29
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/29/contents

Trustee Delegation Act 1999:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/15/contents

Public Trustee
https://www.gov.uk/public-trustee-executor-will
On the appointment of the Public Trustee as executor of an estate

P Matthews 'Indemnities For Retiring Trustees' (1990) 1(2) OTPR 27
http://www.kessler.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Matthews-Indemnities-for-Retiring-Trustees.pdf

C Stebbings 'The Private Trustee in Victorian England' ( Cambridge: CUP, 2002)
assets.cambridge.org/052178185X/sample/052178185XWS.pdf
A full text sample from this book

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 came fully into force on 1 October 2007.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/contents

Richards v. Wood
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/327.html
Court of Appeal on the nature of trustees’ duty of care

Harrison-Mills v. Public Trustee [2019]
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2019/966.html
Court of Appeal on trust administration

New Zealand Trusts Act 2019
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2019/0038/latest/DLM7382815.html

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